Big Yellow Group PLC
Annual Report and Accounts 2018

  • We know that life can sometimes box people in, so the Big Yellow Foundation helps them find the space to grow.

    The Big Yellow
    Foundation

    A Year of Further Achievement

    Helping vulnerable people lead brighter lives

    We’re really good at helping our customers when they’re going through a stressful time; our whole philosophy is about making their lives easier. We wanted to extend that philosophy to the wider community.

    So we set up the Big Yellow Foundation to help support charities with a similar philosophy; who work hard to help people through tough times and back into employment. We carefully selected a few that we felt were tackling particularly challenging issues in society, from supporting ex-offenders and ex-service personnel, to people with disabilities and refugees.

    It’s been something that both our staff and customers have got behind, as we are raising money through customer donations – which Big Yellow matches ­– and staff fundraising activities too. Through volunteering, we’re also giving our staff the chance to provide an extra pair of hands to these charities. We’re very proud to announce the Foundation was rolled out to all of our stores earlier this year.

    This is a long-term commitment we are making to the communities we operate in. We look forward to sharing our successes and stories with you in the coming years.

    Making a difference to
    charities we care about

    • Case Study #1
    • Case Study #2
    • Case Study #3
    • Case Study #4

    Tab 1

    Work experience and work placement opportunities are part of how we want to engage with our charity partners. Breaking Barriers for example, offers a unique approach to helping refugees in London find meaningful employment. This helps them rebuild their lives and integrate into the UK. We were able to provide a young refugee with a six month work placement at our Balham store. His English and general confidence were greatly improved and both he and the store staff found the experience very rewarding.

    Case Study

    Tab 2

    The Foundation was officially launched in February 2018, although we ran a pilot across 18 stores for 12 months beforehand. This allowed us to get the messaging just right. The pilot itself raised just over £45,000.




    Case Study

    Tab 3

    Another charity we support is Bounce Back. They are focussed on the training and employment of ex-offenders. They have an 85% success rate on people who leave prison either going into employment or further training. In addition to fundraising, our Construction team employed two Bounce Back members through our maintenance contractor to paint the interior walls of our new store in Guildford Central and our extension at Wandsworth.

    Case Study

    Tab 4

    Through volunteering, the Big Yellow Foundation will provide our employees with opportunities to use their own skills to help benefit our charity partners. Many of our store teams are also setting their own money raising challenges for the Foundation.

    Case Study

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